The Orlando Puppet Festival, Orlando Film Festival, and Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival were all fantastic! Great screenings, good audiences, and great fun all around. And as an added bonus, GALLERY OF DOOM won the People’s Choice Award at MIFF! We’re very honored that the audience liked the movie enough to actually fill out their ballots and show their love. Thanks to everyone who made this possible!
I met with Patrick 2 nights ago and took a look at the fixes and “plus-ing” that he has done to the film and it looks amazing. Little things that have always bothered us are no longer there (the audience will never know they existed), and he was able to add some really cool extras; for example, when Wendell is creeping up behind Dirk, there is a great digitally created shadow of Wendell that ominously engulfs Dirk, motivating him to spin around in surprise.Anyway, the main reason for this blog was to include a picture of myself, Patrick, and Kevin McGuire (voice of Pupsock) taken in front of the Enzian Theatre during the Brouhaha Film and Video Showcase. 
I have at last accomplished a long-time dream of mine, the initial heralds of which have been sounded on indieWire and Greenroom Orlando. For my own part, I will make the announcement simple, and then unfurl into greater detail:
As for the finer grains: As you may have heard, Pupsock screened at Brouhaha a week ago, and the reception was quite positive. A jury of three lurked in the darkness, silently judging the merits of each film that entered their eyes. Of the 46 films screening, they selected only 15 for the honor of being called The Best of Brouhaha and moving on to the Triple F. Among them sits the rough cut of my little FX Demo.
The plan, then, is to polish off the few remaining issues with the film by the end of January, when Adam Miller (the film’s editor) will make a DVCam version of the short and call it Master. Since FFF will be the first screening of the completed version, I’m calling it the World Premiere. Even though it will be the third screening. Also, since they’re calling the selected films “The Best of Brouhaha,” I’m considering that an award. So, my award winning film will have it’s World Premiere in just a few months!
I will update the blog as soon as I hear when the screening is.